Just recently a group of NBA Insiders at ESPN discussed which teams they believed would make the biggest jump from last season in both the Eastern and Western conferences.
While the clear No. 1 team in the East is the Cleveland Cavaliers, many teams will compete for the other seven playoff positions available.
Most of the Insiders in the discussion picked the Miami Heat to make a big jump in the conference and challenge the Cavaliers or Chicago Bulls. But Marc Stein, an Insider who has followed the Milwaukee Bucks closely throughout free agency this summer, picked the Bucks to make a huge jump in the East and challenge some of those top four or five in the conference.